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"&　　 The North American box office rankings in the second week of June are really interesting. The publisher of "Wolf" Columbia Pictures pays much attention to the box office, and the "New York Post" pays more attention to the box office, which has become A joke in the news circle.

"Colin Miles worry about Mark Canton (mark.)." Mark Canton is the president of Columbia Pictures and is in charge of the film department.

Especially when the first batch of "Wolf" comments were not satisfactory, all the pressure of the premiere box office was concentrated on the lineup of the leading cast. This is the moment when the star box office is calling for power. This also adds to the uncertainty of the premiere box office.

When the North American box office was announced in the second week of June, the reaction was really warm. Ambiguous, because this result is very interesting.

Facts have proved the huge influence of word-of-mouth on the box office. Amidst the disdain of film critics, "Wolf" grabbed 18 million US dollars in box office in three days during the premiere weekend!

Although there is no premiere box office that can reach the 20 million level, the 18 million data is still very good. From here, it can be seen that the audience is still very paid for the production of the card. This is also the production company. The reason for the importance of the actor’s box office appeal: When the audience is willing to abandon the quality of the film itself, just to watch the actor enter the movie theater, such an actor means profit for the production company!

The first box office of 18 million, if placed in the summer file this year, is second only to the premiere results of "Modern Primitive" and "Life and Death", and surpassed the 17 million of "Gambler Mahuali". The premiere data, temporarily the third runner-up of the summer premiere data, can still be said to be very gratifying.

Although the "New York Post" originally predicted that the premiere score of "Wolf" should be 25 million, it turned out that it did not even pass 20 million. This is really disappointing, but 18 million US dollars. The premiere box office cannot be said to be a complete failure, at least there are only three works that can obtain such strong premiere data this year.

What's more, under the strength of "Wolf", "Urban Hillbilly 2" does not show any weakness.

"Urban Hillbilly 2" relies on Billy's strong appeal and people's expectations for a sequel. This comedy film actually grabbed 11 million US dollars in the box office of the premiere weekend, especially in response to its media review forty. With the data of six points and the theater rating "c+", this premiere box office further reflects the strong appeal of the actor's box office.

Earlier, the "wolf" received 18 million U.S. dollars, and then the "Urban Hillbilly 2" received 11 million U.S. dollars. In the current single-week box office, it can reach 10 million dollars, which means a successful North American film market. It is really a rare sight, which also proves that the so-called "fierce confrontation" by the media is real.

"Wolf" won a strong $18 million in the box office during its premiere weekend. This is expected. This movie, which has launched its first wave of publicity since March, is one of the most anticipated movies this summer. .

"Urban Hillbilly 2" pulled his teeth and grabbed a $11 million premiere box office abruptly. This is an unexpected but reasonable situation, whether it is the excellent reputation of the previous work or the call of lln-Christo Strength, all have such a level.

Under the strong pressure of the two works, the box office drop in the second week of "Life and Death Hour" naturally greeted a huge challenge. With two sides attacked, with wolves in front and tigers behind, "Life and Death Hour" has lived up to expectations. Handed over an 11% box office drop, pushing the summer heat wave further to its peak!

When two powerful competitors have already seized most of the North American film market in the second week of June, the living space of "Life and Death Hour" is very limited, but the fact is that the "Life and Death Hour" counterattack has increased by 97. After the home screening theaters, relying on a strong reputation, Biao posted an 11% drop that can be called against the sky, grabbed 27 million US dollars in the weekend box office, and uncontroversially won North America this week. The top of the box office rankings!

Under the circumstances that a 30% drop can be called a huge success, under the close pressure of two powerful opponents, "Life and Death Speed" once again broke out the strong strength of the dark horse, and the praise of film critics and the audience's praise The fanatical pursuit allowed the film to continue the shock and success that it brought when it was released in the first week, and finally handed in a perfect answer sheet that is completely different from the identity of the "dark horse"!

The next week’s weekend box office was 27 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office for two weeks was 73 million U.S. dollars! Although this is only the second week of the release of "Life and Death", it is already possible to conclude early, "Life and Death" There is no doubt that the final North American box office has passed the 100 million threshold!

Compared with the box office explosion on the weekend of the premiere, the strength of "Life and Death Hour" in the next week is even more shocking, because this time the "Life and Death Hour" competitors are extremely powerful.

Not only "Wolf" and "Urban Hillbilly 2", which premiered at the box office of tens of millions, but also "Modern Primitive", which is still gaining momentum in the third week of its release. A 30% drop to get 12 million U.S. dollars, such an outstanding performance has won an exclamation in North America, and the cumulative box office in three weeks has reached 82 million U.S. dollars.

If it weren't for the incredible performance of "Life and Death", "Modern Primitive" is definitely the most shining work so far this summer.

In other words, four works with a box office of over 10 million appeared in the second week of June. This is absolutely impossible at other times. Although the hot summer competition can be seen from the side, it is actually In the summer vacation, such a grand occasion is also rare.

With such fierce competition, "Life and Death Hour" still scored an 11% drop, and the box office reached 27 million on the three days of the weekend. This has almost made the media completely poor, except for "phenomenal works." , I can’t find a more suitable vocabulary to describe it.

This is undoubtedly a tragedy for the "wolf". Columbia Pictures originally wanted to beat the "speed of life and death" to achieve good box office results, so when the schedule was distributed, they undoubtedly chose the "speed of life and death", thinking this It was the easiest competitor to deal with, but I didn't expect it, but they were given a severe lesson.

"Wolf" not only missed the praise of film critics, but also missed the 20 million-level premiere box office. Most importantly, it lost to "Life and Death Hour" in this competition-the second week of the film's release. The work still tops the list with impeccable box office data.

This makes Columbia Pictures do not know whether to cry or laugh. On the one hand, they are fortunate that they did not collide head-on with "Life and Death Hour". If "Life and Death Hour" is not released a week in advance to avoid it, then "Wolf" is likely to repeat." The cups of "The Mobilization of the Heavenly Soldiers" and "The Hillbilly Conquer New York" may not have their $18 million premiere results.

But on the other hand, they are annoyed by their stupidity. They actually think that "life and death speed" is a soft persimmon. No other company has come forward. They just stupidly hit the gun. What's more sad is that the opponent is Hugo Lancaster. Among the major film production companies, Columbia Pictures and Hugo are the happiest partners, but now Columbia Pictures does it for itself. The self-confidence paid the price.

The head-on contest between "wolf" and "speed of life and death" allowed Columbia Pictures to experience the taste of becoming a Hugo competitor in a tragic way: bitter and sour. How ambitious the movie publicity was before, and how tragic the duel was rendered by the media, how uncomfortable it is to taste the failure of Columbia Pictures, this is Hollywood. As beautiful as Hollywood, so painful as Hollywood.

In the end, in the box office battle where the bayonet became popular in the second week of June, "Life and Death Hour" broke a **** road and completed the re-election of the championship with a dominant posture. "Wolf" followed closely behind, and "Modern "Primitives" occupies the third place, and "Urban Hillbilly 2" can only unfortunately slip to fourth place.

Due to the strong explosion of the top four at the box office, the decline in other works was very obvious. The box office of "Gambling Man Mahuali", which occupies the fifth place, fell directly to below 5 million, a drop of nearly 50%; and the one released last week Both the "Mobilization of the Heavenly Soldiers" and "The Hillbilly Conquer New York" both fell more than 40%, which can be described as dismal.

But even so, this week’s box office in North America also increased by 70% compared to the same period last year when the “Best of the Peaks” completed its re-election. This was mainly due to the fierce competition among the top four works. The box office of the second place increased by 120% over the same period last year. This is the most direct data.

"Life and Death Hour" won the North American Weekend Box Office Championship again in an absolutely violent posture. The advantage is very obvious, especially the extremely strong defeat of the competition of the same type of work "Wolf", which is definitely a huge victory.

At this moment, people have begun to discuss whether "Life and Death Speed" has a chance to break the box office record of genre movies.

Up to now, UU reading www. The box office record of uukanshu.com action movies is maintained by "Terminator 2", with a box office of 204 million U.S. dollars, and it is currently the only action film that can exceed the 200 million threshold. The word of mouth of "Life and Death Hour" has obviously surpassed "Terminator 2", and from the box office performance of the previous two weeks, "Life and Death Hour" is also close behind. From a long-term perspective, the result is still unpredictable.

"Life and Death Hour" was released for two weeks and accumulated a gross box office of 73 million U.S. dollars, but "Terminator 2" cumulative box office has exceeded 90 million U.S. dollars in the same period. From this set of data, "Life and Death Hour" has fallen behind a lot, but the point is , "Terminator 2" the next week's box office fell as much as 34%, while "life and death speed" was only a terrible 11%. Therefore, from the perspective of long-term sales, "life and death speed" still has a chance.

Putting aside the distant goal of "200 million in North America" ​​for the time being, there is no doubt that the frenzy that has set off in North America two weeks after the release of "Life and Death Hour" is unquestionable. At this time, people still use the term "dark horse" to describe this movie. No one is watching movies well, but in fact, the performance of "Life and Death Hour" in terms of word-of-mouth at the box office has shown strong enough strength to get rid of the title of dark horse.

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